National financial accounts

National financial accounts are compiled by Banco de Portugal, which, in compliance with the methodological provisions laid down in ESA 95 95, provide a structured and consistent presentation of the statistical data on transactions and financial assets and liabilities of the economy. 

National financial accounts transactions describe the financial investments and financing sources of the different institutional sectors of the economy and of the total economy vis-à-vis the rest of the world, allowing for the calculation of the respective financial savings during a given period. National financial accounts stocks make it possible to determine the net financial worth of the different institutional sectors, i.e. the difference between stocks of assets and of liabilities in the different financial instruments at a given moment in time.

Detailed methodology on the compilation of national financial accounts is available under Statistical methodologies and nomenclatures and in supplements to the Statistical Bulletin.

The statistical series in this field can be assessed via BPstat - Statistics online or the Statistical bulletin.